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“Controversial Auckland businessman Leo Molloy has announced his intention to run for Auckland Mayor in 2022 – and has already outlined his plans to clear out the council and crack down on “woke pretentious white whinging wankers”. I hope this real / fact.

I am surprised Courage Under Fire hasn't been mentioned. First time to the races and Forbury Park was the venue. I was listening to the broadcast because the horse had already acquired a reputation and was expected to win. So it did - by a nose! The beginning of a remarkable unbeaten run of victories. Final tally: 41 wins.

It is disgraceful but nothing new. The races are penalty-free so I would have thought that was incentive enough but apparently not. I hope the nominations for the junior races pick up or we will have the ridiculous situation of not enough horses for all of the junior drivers. Sadly, this has happened in the past where some drivers don't drive in every heat. I don't understand how some trainers think. You would think they would jump at the chance to get a penalty free win for their horses. Mind boggling.

Red Rum woke labour voters don't cut the Mustard and definitely have no understanding of what racism is. Of the Brown decent I can tell you calling some one a black so and so is not racist. Referring to various names using black is not racist as when basketballer Steven Adams referred to Steph Currie as active as a monkey. They are all figures of speech. Actual racism is when you don't employ someone due to their color don't sit next to them on a bus. It amazes me how so many Europeans no all about racism but have probably never experienced it. If your white go to South Africa and get a first hand experience of it. Start in Johannesburg. The you will experience it. Nothing like being mugged because your white and will have cash. Otherwise leave the PC shit to the politicians, and focus on real issues

Perhaps HRNZ should offer stakes subsidy or a generous discount in handicapping points - say 10 points off for also rans in parallel to increased stakes for 1st to 4th.

Last meeting on Thursday at the coldest course ive ever set foot on. Had some fun on the punt there and usually did quite well in the 80's and 90's. Will i miss it - no way. Its a sign of the times

Correct as evidenced by my quote of Nerula's post which only dealt with the prizemoney at Feature meetings for only Open and maiden races.

Agreed eljay........3x races for the series and what.....5 , 8 and 8 nominations. Certainly a lack of respect and support for the Juniors. Yes ,concessions and/or incentives should be on offer. !

Shame isn't it Ohokaman, they can't afford to buy vital drugs or even give our overworked nurses another ten bob a week!

Fantastic achievement by Jamie Kah getting over 100 metro wins in Victoria in one season. Also Chris Waller gets over 200 wins for the season --his achievements keep rolling in. I had to spend two weeks in quarantine in Australia earlier this year, so I ended up watching more Aussie races than I normally would (usually it is just the big races for me). I will not pretend to understand the finer aspects of race riding. I saw Jamie Kah riding in all sorts of races --even I could see she is different to most jockeys. A very talented and well grounded horse woman.

The second day of the July Festival saw a continuation of the cloudy, humid weather from the first day. Occasional sunnier breaks saw rises in temperature but the ground remained Good to Firm despite 3 mm of overnight irrigation. The feature was the Group 1 Falmouth for the fillies and mares over 1600m and the first clash of the classic generation and their elders. It was a strong field, arguably one of the best renewals in recent times. The top 3-y-o form from the Coronation Stakes at Ascot was well represented by the first three home, ALCOHOL FREE, SNOW LANTERN and the 1000 Guineas winner, MOTHER EARTH. Add in the Middleton winner PRIMO BACIO and it was little wonder the classic fillies, getting weight, were preferred in the betting. The older fillies were headed by those who had run well in the Duke of Cambridge at Ascot with INDIE ANGEL, LADY BOWTHORPE and QUEEN POWER, the first three home in that Group 2, all re-opposing. Falmouth Stakes: One of those races with so much to talk about and it's worth watching a number of times. They went far side which is unusual at the July Course but with the stalls centre and the three fancied classic fillies all drawn high, perhaps not so much. Oisin Murphy set out his stall on ALCOHOL FREE but I think this was an ill-judged ride. She won at Ascot from off the pace - connections hadn't been fully convinced she got the 1600m after the Guineas. Here they rode her for stamina but it left her a target and while 400m down, she was leading I never thought she would hold on. Ryan Moore rode the race on MOTHER EARTH you'd expect him to ride and was always in a good position. She looked much happier on the quicker turf than she had at Ascot and ran down ALCOHOL FREE in the final 200m only to be mugged herself on the jamstick by SNOW LANTERN who had run home strongly at Ascot and Sean Levey got it right here. Her mother, SKY LANTERN, had arguably been an unlucky loser in this back in 2013 and while redemption may be too strong a word, this filly is bred to be a champion (sire is of course Frankel) and while it's taken a little time and especially after a moderate run at York, she has risen to the top. It's always good to see Group 1 form vindicated and the first three in the Coronation were the first three here with first, second and third then third, first and second now. There's very little between them and they are all now Group 1 winning fillies. As you'll see from the video, two others were finishing very fast and late down the outside meaning the first five were split by a length and a half. LADY BOWTHORPE's trainer, William Jarvis, was in tears after and claimed she'd have won with a clear run. I'm not convinced though in her defence she was drawn on the wrong side of the race but she did herself no favours with a poor start and that put her on the back foot. On this evidence, she's clearly the beat of the older fillies. The one for me from the race was PRIMO BACIO who had the same experience as LADY BOWTHORPE and was also finishing very well. She looked very good at York when she had SKY LANTERN behind and she's well worth another try at the highest level on this evidence. Of the others, PRETTY GORGEOUS continues to disappoint though this wasn't a bad effort while JUST BEAUTIFUL raced prominently until finding it all too much 300m out. Also worth noting they ran 1.5 seconds below Standard so this was a serious pace and a serious race. The supporting Group 2 Duchess of Cambridge once again saw Ascot form stand up well - in contrast to day one - as Albany winner SANDRINE followed up convincingly and looks ready for a step up to Group 1. She basically went wide and ran past them all - perhaps, and there was some evidence of this during the afternoon, the far side was running quicker than the stands side which had been well used on the first day. Nonetheless, she was much the best of these and confirmed the Ascot form with HELLO YOU, who finished third here. They were split by DESERT DREAMER who had run midfield in the Queen Mary and been beaten over the course and distance in Listed company but this was a much improved effort. SANDRINE was getting fancy quotes for next year's 1000 Guineas - she's owned and bred by Kirsten Rausing and is a daughter of the American galloper Bobby's Kitten out of a Pivotal mare. You'd think on that breeding 1600m would be her limit and I suspect the Commonwealth Cup is a much more likely option. Elsewhere on an interesting card, the opening 1400m juvenile maiden for the colts often throws up a good one - this year's Chester Vase winner and Derby also-ran YOUTH SPIRIT won it last year - and Godolphin unleashed yet another useful sort in NOBLE TRUTH, a son of KIngman out of a Frankel mare. HIs debut third to LUSAIL had been well advertised by the latter yesterday and NOBLE TRUTH did this well. However, the real eyecatcher was the runner up, EHRAZ, on debut. a son of Showcasing out of an Exceed and Excel mare (so you'd think he'd be all speed) who stormed up the hill in the manner of a decent type - definitely one for the Stodge notebook. Another to note from Friday was the royal runner, LIGHT REFRAIN, who took the Group 3 over 1200m for the fillies and mares at York. She's clearly on the upgrade and I expect we'll see her at Goodwood.

Easy money it was. Best performed horse with best driver

How did Amazing Dream pay $21?

Holy moly she was awesome....click on link below, go to replays, select Meadowlands Track, date 09/07/21, race 10 http://www.thebigm.com/video.aspx?id=252 Cheers Irakllis

Top lot today was LAAFY, a son of Noble Mission, who went for 105,000 guineas to Mark Campion racing. He's been gelded (the horse, not Mark Campion) and will go jumping. Closing statement from Tatts Chair Edmond Mahony: “The Tattersalls July Sale has long been recognised as Europe’s premier midsummer sale and this week's impressive set of figures have yet again confirmed its status. Perhaps more importantly than figures alone, it has also been a sale with a real sense of business returning to something resembling normality. We cannot make meaningful comparisons with last year’s abbreviated and COVID - ravaged July Sale, but this year’s sale has produced a level of trade that compares very favourably with both the 2019 and 2018 renewals and crucially has yet again achieved a remarkable clearance rate in excess of 90%. “Even in a sale of genuinely vibrant trade from start to finish the penultimate session stood out with an extraordinary 100% clearance rate driven by strong domestic demand mixed with the sort of international participation which has been so encouraging considering the widespread travel restrictions which are still in place. Significant consignments from some of the world’s leading owner/breeders including Godolphin, Juddmonte Farms and Shadwell Estates have been as popular as ever and buyers from all over the world have continued to make full use of the Tattersalls live internet bidding platform as well as telephone bidding through our team on the ground."

Delphinius a Frankel half brother to Kingman and Tango Fire at Stud in Pakistan. Straight Shooter has already had a winner in Cyprus . Cunco his first ever winner is at Stud in Chile so his genes are spread far and wide .

Four winners for Frankel yesterday all at top tracks , Newmarket , Newbury , Leopardstown and Longchamp , His brother Noble Mission chipped in with one as well, Bated Breath , Beat Hollow and Kingman also got on the board for Juddmonte bred stallions . Even horse called Denounce who I think was at Warren Place but just average got one home the other day . Those fillies do look cheap .

I noticed a couple of nicely bred unraced Frankel fillies from the Juddmonte draft sold on Day 2 to Rabbah Bloodstock for 40k and 30k ---good buying, even if they bought for breeding. (lots 529 and 5300

Frankel Arabia Queen winner in first last night , 20 to 1 . Beautifully bred , Dam beat Golden Horn in International at York . Destinado made 30k guineas , to owner who has a horse with Tony Carroll . Good trainer of lower end horses , gets them to their level though and gets plenty wins . Dual purpose trainer so maybe juvenile hurdling awaits . Again I thought he would make more .

I am a council estate boy when it comes to confirmation etc Breeder bar the very basics , but I love looking at racehorses though, the smell , the noise , etc takes the stress out of life leaning by a paddock watching them go round pre race . Beautiful , been watching them for 40 years . My best go at it would be like humans , the middle distance upwards runners are slight and slim with lower muscle tone to give them the endurance , no big muscles burning energy ,bit like old Frank Bruno used to gas out in the ring with his ripping muscles burning the fuel too quick at times ,the Euro breds slighted build so less burn in the muscles , the sprinters a ball of muscle . I have been racing Stateside a few times , the dirt bred sprinters are immense , just power pack ready to go boom from the gate burning the fuel in 6 furlongs , .In short wouldn't worry me if the horse was a bit slim in the sales overnight . Watched that Grand Promande Saturday, lovely horse , for a stayer on TV he gave a more muscled look about him . As I said an amateur on confirmation , and breeding to be fair but very interested in it . Be interested to hear a non amateurs thoughts . Looking forward to seeing how your pick goes in sales .

Guess I'm just not as precious as some people and can have a laugh at most things.

I know what he said and the fine is joke, maybe a warning and told to just watch what he says in future.

Thats kool news Lamour it'll be great to see him back on home soil albeit for breeding season then off again back to States..... Cheers Iraklis

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